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01 Oct 04 - 08:01 AM (#1285889) Subject: Lyr Req: 'When in trouble, when in doubt From: GUEST,Stewart Dean This isn't really a song, really a piece of doggerel...everyone knows the first two lines, but it's my faint childhood recollection (some 40 years ago) that the original was from the Navy, has 3-4 verses and ends with "and raise the flag WellDone" This dates it, 'cuz the Navies haven't used flag signalling (with phrases particularly) in a long time. Anyone have the full version? Google turns up plenty of hits of people's adapted first two lines, but not the whole thing....... |
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01 Oct 04 - 08:09 AM (#1285892) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'When in trouble, when in doubt From: Wilfried Schaum Somewhere I read an old army advice: When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout! |
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01 Oct 04 - 08:19 AM (#1285899) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'When in trouble, when in doubt From: Wilfried Schaum When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout and be found in Kurt Vonnegut : Breakfast of Champions (He was a scout with the Infantry in WWII) |
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01 Oct 04 - 08:40 AM (#1285911) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'When in trouble, when in doubt From: Wilfried Schaum There is an old Navy saying that applies to both military and civilian life. "When in trouble, when in doubt--run in circles, scream and shout: "RELIEVE THE WATCH!!!!!" Found here |
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01 Oct 04 - 11:55 AM (#1286138) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'When in trouble, when in doubt From: GUEST,Lighter at work The first two lines appear in "The Caine Mutiny," by Herman Wouk (1951). Wouk was a USN officer in WWII. |
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01 Oct 04 - 01:04 PM (#1286202) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'When in trouble, when in doubt From: frogprince My mother would say those two lines by the time I was old enough to remember anything, and I'm pretty sure she had picked them up long before that; so I would wager it originated well before WWII, though I "don't have a clue" as to anything more specific; I know of only the two lines. |
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01 Oct 04 - 01:13 PM (#1286211) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'When in trouble, when in doubt From: MMario I learned this as a child: When in danger or in doubt run in circles, scream and shout! When in sorrow or in pain Run in circles once again. when you're angry with your brother shout at him and not your mother. |
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01 Oct 04 - 03:25 PM (#1286293) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'When in trouble, when in doubt From: Rapparee I learned it as "When in trouble or in doubt Run in circles, scream and shout." It has defined my management style. |
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02 Oct 04 - 02:01 AM (#1286667) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'When in trouble, when in doubt From: JohnInKansas MMario - I LIKE that version. My kids are probably too old to learn it now though. John |